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IF YOU FEEL PEOPLE WITH THE TRUE IT WILL BE A SAFER REPUBLIC FOR ALL.

In Nigeria you're a govt of yourself nobody send you. that you shouldn't send anybody either from south or north.b committed only 2 your dreams.

Nigerian politics is deceit...do not be deceived by empty promises dat will not be fulfilled.

They replaced Leadership wit d abuse of power and they're not fruitful. Its a barren govt. All Old tins should pass away 4 newness.

Everything in d country is sub-standard cos d leaders is low standard.

                   2PAC DEAD OR ALIVE?

MEND’s Spokesman, Jomo Gbomo, has replied this statement from the presidency and speech from his rally where they claimed MEND leader, Henry Okah, had attempted to assassinate pres. Jonathan

"We challenge President Jonathan to come out and reveal to the nation the names of the persons he claimed paid Mr Henry Okah to assassinate him.

Goodluck Jonathan should also explain why these persons, as he obviously knows who they are, were not arrested, tried and convicted.”

“MEND views the President Goodluck Jonathan’s recent campaign rally speech as the most outrageous and ridiculous speech by any President, where he openly accused Mr Henry Okah of being paid to assassinate him.”

“Mr President, the MEND says thank you for vindicating every word in our recent statement of endorsement of General Muhammadu Buhari and for also solidifying your status.”

“The MEND would like to state clearly that our endorsement of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Presidential candidate, has absolutely nothing to do with Mr Henry Okah.

This allegation by Goodluck Jonathan, further confirms our earlier assertion of how he takes Nigerians as stupid as he seems to have forgotten how he openly came out to absolve MEND of any involvement in the attack.

“Rather than address his administration’s failures, he chose to descend so low by using a very cheap bare faced (method) to get sympathy.

HISTORY: BUHARI’S FIRST SPEECH AFTER THE MILITARY COUP OF 31ST DECEMBER 1983

January 25, 2012 · by Muhammad Lawal

In pursuance of the primary objective of saving our great nation from total collapse, I, Major-General Muhammadu Buhari of the Nigerian army have, after due consultation amongst the services of the armed forces, been formally invested with the authority of the Head of the Federal Military Government and the Commander-in-Chief of the armed forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. It is with humility and a deep sense of responsibility that I accept this challenge and call to national duty.
As you must have heard in the previous announcement, the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (1979) has been suspended, except those sections of it which are exempted in the constitution. The change became necessary in order to put an end to the serious economic predicament and the crisis of confidence now afflicting our nation. Consequently, the Nigerian armed forces have constituted themselves into a Federal Military Government comprising of a Supreme Military Council, a National Council of States, a Federal Executive Council at the centre and State Executive Councils to be presided over by military governors in each of the states of the federation. Members of these councils will be announced soon. The last Federal Military Government drew up a programme with the aim of handing over political power to the civilians in 1979. This programme as you all know, was implemented to the letter. The 1979 constitution was promulgated.
However, little did the military realise that the political leadership of the second republic will circumvent most of the checks and balances in the constitution and bring the present state of general insecurity. The premium on political power became so exceedingly high that political contestants regarded victory at elections as a matter of life and death struggle and were determined to capture or retain power by all means. It is true that there is a worldwide economic recession.
However, in the case of Nigeria, its impact was aggravated by mismanagement. We believe the appropriate government agencies have good advice but the leadership disregarded their advice. The situation could have been avoided if the legislators were alive to their constitutional responsibilities; Instead, the legislators were preoccupied with determining their salary scales, fringe benefit and unnecessary foreign travels, et al, which took no account of the state of the economy and the welfare of the people they represented.
As a result of our inability to cultivate financial discipline and prudent management of the economy, we have come to depend largely on internal and external borrowing to execute government projects with attendant domestic pressure and soaring external debts, thus aggravating the propensity of the outgoing civilian administration to mismanaged our financial resources. Nigeria was already condemned perpetually with the twin problem of heavy budget deficits and weak balance of payments position, with the prospect of building a virile and viable economy.
The last general election was anything but free and fair. The only political parties that could complain of election rigging are those parties that lacked the resources to rig. There is ample evidence that rigging and thuggery were relative to the resources available to the parties. This conclusively proved to us that the parties have not developed confidence in the presidential system of government on which the nation invested so much material and human resources. While corruption and indiscipline have been associated with our state of under-development, these two evils in our body politics have attained unprecedented height in the past few years. The corrupt, inept and insensitive leadership in the last four years has been the source of immorality and impropriety in our society.
Since what happens in any society is largely a reflection of the leadership of that society, we deplore corruption in all its facets. This government will not tolerate kick-backs, inflation of contracts and over-invoicing of imports etc. Nor will it condone forgery, fraud, embezzlement, misuse and abuse of office and illegal dealings in foreign exchange and smuggling. Arson has been used to cover up fraudulent acts in public institutions. I am referring to the fire incidents that gutted the P&T buildings in Lagos, the Anambra State Broadcasting Corporation, the Republic Building at Marina, the Federal Ministry of Education, the Federal Capital Development Authority Accounts at Abuja and the NET Building. Most of these fire incidents occurred at a time when Nigerians were being apprehensive of the frequency of fraud scandals and the government incapacity to deal with them. Corruption has become so pervasive and intractable that a whole ministry has been created to stem it.
Fellow Nigerians, this indeed is the moment of truth. My colleagues and I – the Supreme Military Council, must be frank enough to acknowledge the fact that at the moment, an accurate picture of the financial position is yet to be determined. We have no doubt that the situation is bad enough. In spite of all this, every effort will be made to ensure that the difficult and degrading conditions under which we are living are eliminated. Let no one however be deceived that workers who have not received their salaries in the past eight or so months will receive such salaries within today or tomorrow or that hospitals which have been without drugs for months will be provided with enough immediately. We are determined that with the help of God we shall do our best to settle genuine payments to which government is committed, including backlog of workers’ salaries after scrutiny.
We are confident and we assure you that even in the face of the global recession, and the seemingly gloomy financial future, given prudent management of Nigeria’s existing financial resources and our determination to substantially reduce and eventually nail down rises in budgetary deficits and weak balance of payments position. The Federal Military Government will reappraise policies with a view to paying greater attention to the following areas: The economy will be given a new impetus and better sense of direction. Corrupt officials and their agents will be brought to book.
In view of the drought that affected most parts of the country, the federal government will, with the available resources, import food stuffs to supplement the shortfalls suffered in the last harvest. Our foreign policy will both be dynamic and realistic. Africa will of course continue to be the centre piece of our foreign policy. The morale and combat readiness of the armed forces will be given high priority. Officers and men with high personal and professional integrity will have nothing to fear.
The Chief Justice of Nigeria and all other holders of judiciary appointments within the federation can continue in their appointments and the judiciary shall continue to function under existing laws subject to such exceptions as may be decreed from time to time by the Federal Military Government. All holders of appointments in the civil service, the police and the National Security Organisation shall continue to exercise their functions in the normal way subject to changes that may be introduced by the Federal Military Government.
All those chairmen and members of statutory corporations, parastatals and other executive departments are hereby relieved of their appointments with immediate effect.
The Federal Military Government will maintain and strengthen existing diplomatic relations with other states and with international organisations and institutions such as the Organisation of African Unity, the United Nations and its organs, Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries, ECOWAS and the Commonwealth etc. The Federal Military Government will honour and respect all treaties and obligations entered into by the previous government and we hope that such nations and bodies will reciprocate this gesture by respecting our country’s territorial integrity and sovereignty.
Fellow Nigerians, finally, we have dutifully intervened to save this nation from imminent collapse. We therefore expect all Nigerians, including those who participated directly or indirectly in bringing the nation to this present predicament, to cooperate with us. This generation of Nigerians, and indeed future generations, have no country other than Nigeria. We shall remain here and salvage it together.May God bless us all. Good morning.

Can the right music the pain of a medical operation?

A growing number of doctors have been using music in clinical settings, believing that it might have analgesic effects on patients — or at least take their minds off an otherwise painful procedure.

Scientists only now are seeking to determine whether the notion is more romance than reality.

In the most recent study, published in December in The Journal of Pain, 153 people were subjected to increasingly painful shocks on their hands as they listened to music. All the while, they were encouraged to engage in the songs and to identify certain notes and tones. By measuring pupil dilation and brain activity, scientists at the University of Utah found that as the subjects became focused on the melodies, they experienced more and more relief from the pain. The biggest effect was seen on the participants who were initially most anxious.

A Swedish study published in 2009 reported similarly encouraging findings: Children who were given “music therapy” after minor surgery required smaller amounts of morphine than those who were not.

But a meta-analysis of data on more than 3,600 patients in 51 studies, published in the Cochrane Database, found that the magnitude of the effect was not very large, so the potential usefulness in clinical practice — for now, at least — was “unclear.”

THE BOTTOM LINE

Listening to music during or after a medical procedure may relieve pain, but more research is needed to determine whether the effect is significant.
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I Will Govern Nigeria in Accordance with the Constitution – Buhari

Retired Maj.-Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate in the February 14, 2015 presidential election, on Thursday promised to govern the country in accordance with the Nigerian constitution if elected.

Buhari made the promise at the Teslim Balogun Stadium, Surulere in his acceptance speech after being declared the winner of the party’s presidential primary.

The Chairman of APC National Convention Committee, Kayode Fayemi, who declared the results of the primary, said that Buhari polled a total of 3,430 votes to defeat former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, who got 954votes.

Fayemi said that Governor Rabiu Kwankwaso of Kano State scored 974 votes while Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo got 624 and Sam Nda-Isaiah, the Publisher of Leadership Newspapers, polled 10 votes.

Buhari, after being declared winner, said: “I understand there are challenges ahead. I promise that my administration will govern Nigeria in accordance with the constitution.’’

He promised to put in place a government that would realise a new Nigeria and put the country on a level where it would be respected more in the international community.

The APC presidential candidate promised to give priority to agriculture, healthcare and creation of wealth as well as enhance the power of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to tackle corruption.

Buhari, who described his victory as a great triumph of democracy, called for the support of all Nigerians.
“I need your support, I need your help to become the President of Nigeria in next year’s presidential election.
“I see this as an opportunity to rescue the nation from joblessness, poverty and to tackle all its challenges,” he said.
He commended the convention committee and leadership of the party for conducting a hitch-free programme, saying that the outcome of the primary was a testimony that “democracy is at work.”

Buhari also thanked other aspirants for accepting the outcome of the election and promised to work with them during electioneering.

Personality of The Week - Charles Bruce Chukuma (CHAZ B)

Charles Bruce Chukuma, popularly called Chaz B by his radio audience, hails from Delta State, Nigeria. With over 20 years of experience in the Hospitality Management Industry of the United States of America, Chaz B consults on management turn around in the hotel and entertainment sectors in Nigeria.

An ex-student of Kings College, Lagos, he holds an Advanced Business Management Certificate from North Technical Education Centre in Florida and an Associate of Science Degree in Hotel, Travel and Tourism Management from Miami Dade Community College (North), Florida, USA.

Before he left Nigeria in 1979, Chaz B had moved within the entertainment world. He worked with his cousin, Ben Bruce, former Director-General of the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA), back in 1983 when Ben owned the Fantasy Night Club in Yaba, Lagos.

He returned to the entertainment business in the United States of America running a limousine and bodyguard service catering just to celebrity and VIP clientele.

Through that business he came to know people like Donald Trump, Renee and Celine Dion, Natalie Cole and other world celebrities on a personal basis.

With a distinct voice purring through the Lagos airwaves, Chaz B's hallmark show is "SHARING LIFE ISSUES WITH CHAZ B", which earned him the prestigious Nigeria Media Merit Awards for 2010 as the best On Air Personality in Radio and the show is rated the number one show across the city of Lagos.

‘Listening to Chaz B during our conversation was like listening to a clergyman, a man of strong moral conviction and religious beliefs. And you begin to wonder if he is an ordained priest, and if he is, what is he doing in broadcasting’ (Culled from his interview with digicast magazine).

Until his death on the 22nd of November, 2014, Chaz B was a strong voice through his program, ‘Sharing Life Issues with Chaz B’, which airs on the Rhythm Radio Network every Monday to Friday at 6.15pm, as well as other network programs.

Slay! Osas Ighodaro Covers Tw Magazine’s December/January Issue

Osas Ighodaro has definitely had a good year this 2014 and the former beauty queen and actress/TV presenter is wrapping things up with a magazine cover.

Osas Ighodaro covers the December/January issue of TW magazine and talks about being a former Nollywood, growing up, being Miss Black USA, moving to Nigeria to pursue acting and her fiancé Gbenro Ajibade.


Also in the new issue that is celebratory themed, TW magazine features actressAdesua Etomi as she rocks the fashion pages in a New Year’s Eve party themed editorial.


Also gracing the pages of this issue are: Gospel artiste, Pita, Chin Okeke, Martin Udogie and pop group, Shikane.

TW Magazine is out now & available at newsstands and vendors nationwide. Download the TW Magazine app for free on your iPad, iPhone & iPod. Go to:https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/twmagazineapp/id662035026?mt=8.

For more check TW official website: www.twmagazine.net. You can also connect on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

Read TW, tell them what you think about their new look and you stand the chance to win a fabulous prize! Send your thoughts on the current issue to pulse@twmagazine.net

Cover Credits
Photography: Kelechi Amadi Obi
Stylist: Veronica Ebie Odeka
Cover Story: Feyikemi Emmanuel
Creative Director: Ifeyinwa Ojekwe
Make-up: Mary Jane or Zaron Cosmetics
Hair: Valentino at Apples & Oranges

Photos: Winner emerges at the Lagos Seafood Competition

Miss Donald Grace has emerged the winner of the 2014 seafood festival pepper soup competition after she contested at the Lagos Seafood Festival which held on Saturday 6th December, 2014 at the Lagos bar beach.

Present at the event was the Lagos State Governor Babatunde Raji Fashola (SAN), the commissioner for Agriculture and Corporative, Prince Gbolahan Lawal and other members of the state executive council. See photos from the event after the cut...

Photos: Dakore Akande stunning in new photos

Perfection! Photo credit: Banke Meshida

Malta Guinness unveils contestants for Game On reality TV show

The stage is set for Malta Guinness Game On, the exciting reality TV show powered by Malta Guinness to hit television screens all over the country soon as the twelve contestants are unveiled on Sunday December 14th, 2014.

Game On is the result of the striking debate about the two passions of fashion and football, a conversation sparked by fashion designer, Lanre da Silva Ajayi and ex-football international, Daniel Amokachi over claims about the superiority of their careers, even sparring on the frontline talk show, Moments with Mo, and taking their battle to the stage of the recently concluded future awards show.

This reality series is designed as a platform to help the public decide which passion they believe best fuels the rise of Naija with Malta Guinness powering the show as part of its tradition of fueling the rise of Nigerians.

“As a premium Malt drink that has passionately helped Nigerians express their ambitions and creativity. The brand has yet again decided to touch the heart of the Nigerian people with these two intriguing passions.” said Mr Gavin Pike, Marketing and Innovation Director, Guinness Nigeria PLC” The brand will be driving these tough conversations by playing the role of an impartial umpire with Fashion Icon Lanre Da Silva Ajayi and Football Legend, Daniel Amokachi acting as captains of the two teams."

The contestants, pooled together from all over the country, are converging in one house for six weeks to fight for their passion and fulfill their dreams.

The fashion team which includes Madu Okenna, Ukara Effiong, Modupe Adeoti, Precious Eminue, Mary Rogers and Henrietta Ikharo, will also bring their all to play as they challenge the other team and attempt to inject the needed vibrancy in the house.

On the football team, there is Olumide Ajibolade, Isah Abdullahi, Akintoye Yemisi, Benjamin Nwoke, Jerry Onyibe and Adeniji Kamaldeen, – a combination that will bring a sense of balance on the show.

“I am grateful to Malta Guinness for giving me the opportunity to do this. All my life, I have dreamt of being a great football coach who will win trophies for Nigeria and this reality show will help me achieve that goal”, said one of the contestants fighting for the football passion.

The show promises to be as entertaining, yet inspiring with the highest technical quality as MaltaGuinness gears up to show the world that no one can be as passionate as Nigerians.












The show will be broadcast daily on the following channels at these times:AIT Network – Sun 5-6pm
SoundCity (DSTV) - Sat 7-8pm
Spice TV (DSTV) - Sun 5-6pm
NTA Network – Sun 4.30-5.30pm
ONTV Lagos – Thurs 6.30 – 7.30pm

Which passion will best fuel the rise of Naija? Get behind your passion. #GoFashion or #GoFootball. Have your say and get involved in the conversation at facebook.com/MaltaGuinness. You can also follow the conversation on Twitter: @MaltaGuinnessNG.